Tips for advertising my new online business?

[Chris]

Hi in about a week a will be starting my own online business. I will be selling hockey tshirts and hats. I'm looking for advice as to how to get my website out there and for people to buy my stuff. I already have a twitter account with 1500 followers and a bunch of people that are looking forward to buying stuff based on the pictures ive uploaded but I know I can't count on twitter and facebook to get me the amount of sales I would like. I know that forums might work but I don't know which ones and other than that I just have know idea how or where to advertise for cheap/free. Any advice given is appreciated! I will give the best answer out tomorrow!

[832]

Getting advertising on popular sites could be beneficial. Make sure your website has good SEO so people can find you on search engines. You could also take out some google/facebook ads that will target people interested in purchasing that kind of stuff.

If you want to get advertising, other than google adsense, I use commission junction for my website. It gives advertisers a commission on sales due to clicks. It's a win-win for both as you only pay out when a sale is made following a click on a banner/text ad and the advertiser gets a cut on the sale as a reward for the ad.

Finally, I would gladly add a link to your website if you would give me the URL. I try and keep a database of hockey manufacturers and hockey related manufacturers up to date.
Also can give you a follow on twitter

Hope it helps!

[?]

You need to do seo on your webpage based around your keywords such as 'hockey tshirts' This is just one way, there is a good article showing how to promote your website that you may find useful. Many of the strategies don't cost anything to implement so are definitely worth a try.
http://hostforawebsite.com/promote-your-website/

[Greg]

For Twitter and your fanpage, you should try http://www.growhoo.com .

They provide a marketing campaign at the cheapest price you can find.

Cheers

[Jianhao]

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